I’ve been away from the blog for a little while and am now mentioning certain things from the past 2 weeks. Last week, while everybody back home in New England braved cold temperatures in the snow to celebrate Thanksgiving, I woke up and slapped sunscreen on myself like it was any other day. I didn’t […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Peace Corps, Blog on November 16th, 2005 No Comments »
In college, I took many pictures of typical scenery. A familiar friend giving the thumbs up, shots of beruit action throwing down, and my occasional voyeuristic shots of my young drunken friends. Most of the shots were pretty straightforward and you were either there or you weren’t. Hence, a lot of the shots carry no […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Peace Corps, Blog on November 11th, 2005 2 Comments »
Here’s a sampling of what I typically go through on a daily basis. So far, the second month at site hasn’t been any more exciting than the first, and the novelty is starting to wear off. I still live in a somewhat unfunctional house, but in my theory, if it’s going to be dirty all […]
Posted in Cape Verde on November 11th, 2005 No Comments »
It was one Saturday morning and I was sitting in the back row of a hiace anticipating the hairpin turns that comes with the route Calheta->Praia (Praia = capital city). As I’ve ridden dozens of hiaces in my time here in Cape Verde, everything seemed to be quite normal. Then, I felt something furry reach […]
Posted in Cape Verde on October 28th, 2005 No Comments »
Even months in the country, you still happen to stumble upon things that just absolutely line up correctly.
I looked out across the ocean one morning when I woke up on the Island of Fogo. I was very pleased how things in the world changes in the small lens of a camera.